Kinlet is a small village and civil parish in the south-east of the county of Shropshire, England.

There is little in terms of employment in the parish, with residents travelling to nearby towns and cities.

[5] The earliest known human activity was the scatter of flints near Catsley in the centre of the parish, south of Kinlet village.

[6] Queen Edith had inherited Kinlet and Cleobury Mortimer from the late Edward the Confessor, at the time of the Domesday Book.

[5] The De Bramptons gave significant gifts of land in Kinlet to Wigmore Abbey and other religious institutes.

His only surviving daughter, Elizabeth, inherited Kinlet in 1414, before marrying Sir William Lichefeld.

[6][7][8] Sir George Blount inherited Kinlet in 1531, on the death of his father, John.

The church is a stone structure built by the Normans and is Grade I listed by English Heritage.

[4][13][14] Within the church there are standing monuments to Sir George Blount and his wife, Constantia, dated 1581.

[15] The church was restored in 1892 by John Oldrid Scott who later designed the memorial to Major Charles Baldwyn Childe (killed in Boer War 1900).

[18] There is very little employment in the area, with people travelling to nearby towns such as Cleobury Mortimer and Highley.

[18][19] The Census of 1831 showed that the majority of people were employed in the agriculture sector, surveying males aged over 20.

The number 125 bus service operates Mondays to Saturdays, from Bridgnorth to Stourbridge.